Yesterday the Minnesota Court of Appeals dealt a setback to the proposed PolyMet copper-nickel mine in northern Minnesota. In the ruling, the Court sent two crucial permits, the permit to…
Minnesota had more wind turbines and solar panels in 2018 than in any year prior, but carbon dioxide emissions from the electricity generation sector increased compared to 2017 and 2016…
You can talk to people about the weather-driven variation in electricity output from wind and solar power until you’re blue in the face, but it will never be as effective…
In a recent AgriNews editorial entitled “Significant Environmental Impacts Must Be Identified,” Vance and Bonnie Haugen claimed my article detailing how regulating greenhouse gas emissions from a dairy farm in…
A solar thermal plant in Nevada is the latest in the long list of Obama administration energy failures. The Crescent Dunes solar facility remains on the hook to repay $737…
Xcel Energy is seeking to increase your electricity prices by 4.736 percent in order to pay for an additional $101.8 million in spending on wind projects between 2019 and 2020.…
Liberal politicians in Minnesota love to pretend that they are leaders in reducing carbon dioxide emissions from power plants, which they claim are fueling an existential climate crisis. The data,…
Minnesota has more power plants than Texas, according to federal Energy Information Administration (EIA) data. This is despite the fact that Minnesota has 23 million fewer people than the Lone…
Christmas is a time where friends and families come together to appreciate each other during the holidays. However, Christmas can also be a stressful period of time, especially for parents,…
The grid operator for the region including Minnesota, the Midcontinent Independent Systems Operator (MISO), recently released it’s study examining the complexity of integrating renewable energy onto the grid. The findings…
About a month ago I posted an article asking our readers to submit comments to the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) opposing the Walz administration’s attempt to foist California’s car…
Earlier this year, I wrote about how the Nobles Wind project, which is the third-largest wind facility in Minnesota, is already losing steam. The most recent data from the Energy…
Tonight I will be in Kiester, Minnesota to talk about the high cost of wind and solar power as part of Center of the American Experiment’s continued mission to reach…
In September, the Walz Administration announced its intention to force Minnesotans to comply with low-emissions vehicle (LEV) and ‘zero’-emissions vehicle (ZEV) regulations developed by unelected bureaucrats on the California Air Resources…
According to an article in The Financial Times, China is set to add new coal-fired power plants equivalent to the EU’s entire capacity. as the world’s biggest energy consumer ignores…
Minnesota is home to some of the largest undeveloped deposits of copper and nickel in the world. Responsibly developing these resource would bring a major boost to Minnesota’s economy, supporting…
High electricity prices are deadly. That’s the conclusion reached by a new paper produced by the National Bureau Of Economic Research (NBER), which investigated the relationship between electricity prices and…
Germany is often lauded as an example that Minnesota should follow by renewable energy supporters, but it turns out Minnesota isn’t the only part of the world that may have…
Minnesota families saw their electricity bills reach a new all-time high in 2018 due to an increasing reliance on expensive and unreliable wind and solar power. Despite the fact that…
There is good news on the Minnesota mining front, as the Minnesota Court of Appeals has rejected a challenge by anti-mining groups seeking to invalidate Minnesota’s rules for non-ferrous mining.…
Mainstream news outlets in Minnesota rarely tell the tale of how the Obama Administration incorrectly broke decades of protocol by cancelling mineral leases of Twin Metals Minnesota and sought a…
A recent story in the Bismark Tribune states that wind developers in North Dakota are thinking twice about building new industrial wind facilities in the state because there is no room…
Last week the Star Tribune ran an article entitled “Metro Transit Temporarily Pulls Electric Buses from C Line Because of Problems with Chargers,” stating the eight electric buses on the…
Why aren't any of the state's dozens of environmental groups upset this 40 acre solar facility isn't complying with MPCA stormwater standards?